there will be long delayshabrá grandes retrasos;habrá retrasos considerables

there will be long delays all day on the central line

he took a long drink of waterse bebió un vaso grande de agua

the days are getting longerlos días se están alargando

how long is the film?¿cuánto (tiempo) dura la película?

how long are the holidays?¿cuánto duran las vacaciones?

to be long in doing sthtardar en hacer algo

the reply was not long in comingla respuesta no tardó en llegar

it will be a long jobserá un trabajo que llevará mucho tiempo

at long lastpor fin

to take a long look at sthmirar algo detenidamente

he has a long memoryes de los que no perdonan fácilmente

in the long runa la larga

a long time agohace mucho tiempo

that was a long, long time agowhat a long time you've been!it will be a long time before I see her againit will be remembered for a long time to comeit'll be a long time before I do that again!for a long time I had to stay in bedhave you been studying English for a long time?it's a long time since I last saw himhe has not been seen for a long timefor a long time now he has been unable to workyou took a long time to get here getting hereit takes a long time for the drug to actit took a long time for the truth to be accepted

it takes a long timelleva mucho tiempo;I've been waiting a long timellevo esperando mucho tiempo;long time no see!¡cuánto tiempo sin verte!

to take the long viewHe insists that the Soviets "are patient and take the long view," believing "that eventually they will be supreme - not necessarily in this century but certainly in the next"He took the long view, looking to the interests not merely of the living but of the unborn

it's a good place to go for a long weekendes un buen sitio para ir durante un fin de semana largo

how long ago was it?¿cuánto tiempo hace de eso?;as long ago as 1930ya en 1930;not long agono hace mucho (tiempo)

"When did he leave?" "Not long ago"He arrived not long ago

long beforemucho antes

not long beforepoco antes

She had died not long before

long before nowhace mucho tiempo;long before you camemucho antes de que llegaras;not long before the warpoco antes de la guerra;not long before his wife diedpoco antes de que muriera su mujer;they left before longse marcharon muy pronto

I only had long enough to buy a papersolo tuve tiempo para comprar un periódico

we won't stay for longnos quedamos un rato nada más

are you going away for long?¿te vas para mucho tiempo?;he hesitated, but not for longdudó, pero solo por un instante;"are you still in London?" — "yes, but not for much longer"—¿todavía estás en Londres? —si, pero por poco tiempo ya

how long will you be?(in finishing)¿cuánto (tiempo) tardarás?;(in returning)¿cuánto tiempo te quedarás?

how long have you been here?¿cuánto tiempo llevas aquí?;how long will it take?¿cuánto tiempo llevará?;how long did he stay?¿cuánto tiempo se quedó?;how long have you been learning Spanish?¿desde cuándo llevas aprendiendo español?;how long is it since you saw her?¿cuánto tiempo hace que no la ves?

it didn't last longfue cosa de unos pocos minutos or días etc

to live longtener una vida larga

women live longer than menlas mujeres son más longevas que los hombres;he hasn't long to liveno le queda mucho de vida;long live the King!¡viva el rey!

it's not long since he diedhe died not long sinceno hace mucho que murió;murió hace poco

long since deadmuerto hace mucho

He thought of friends long since dead

so long!especially(US)¡hasta luego!

it won't take longno tardará mucho

it didn't take him long to realize that ...no tardó en darse cuenta de que ...

longest: six months at the longestseis meses, como máximo or como mucho

"How long will it take?" "6 months at the longest"

4

as long asso long as(while)mientras

as long as the war lastsmientras dure la guerra;as long as I livemientras viva;stay (for) as long as you likequédate hasta cuando quieras;as long as (is) necessaryel tiempo que haga falta;lo que haga falta

Sanctions will remain in place as long as is necessary

5

as long asso long as(provided that)siempre que

I'll come as long as it's not too expensive

you can borrow it as long as John doesn't mindlo puedes tomar prestado siempre que a John no le importe or si a John no le importa

6(through)

all day longtodo el (santo) día

all night longtoda la noche

all summer longtodo el verano

noun

1

the long and the short of it is that ...en resumidas cuentas, es que ...;concretamente, es que ...

2longs(Economics)valores (m) a largo plazo

modifier

long division (n)(Mat)división (f) larga

long drink (n)refresco (m);bebida (f) no alcohólica

long johns (n)calzoncillos (m) largos

long jump (n)salto (m) de longitud

long jumper (n)saltadorasaltadora (m) (f) de longitud;asaltadora

long shot (n)(Cine)toma (f) a distancia

The picture dissolved into a long shot of a catwalk

(in race)desconocidoadesconocida (m) (f);adesconocida

... the 40-1 long shot that won the 1982 Derby

it's a long shotdudo que resulte

not by a long shotni con mucho

long sight (n)presbicia (f);hipermetropía (f)

to have long sightser présbita

the long term (n)

in or over the long terma largo plazo

In the long term this has been a healthy processThe noise may not be an immediate problem, but in the long term there could be adverse psychological effectsThe results, in the long term, were academic success storiesIndustry needs to compete effectively over the long term

long trousers (n)(as opposed to shorts)pantalones (m) largos

when I was old enough to wear long trousers

the long vacationthe long vac (n)(Britain)(Univ)las vacaciones de verano

long wave (n)(Rad)onda (f) larga

It is possible to receive BBC Radio 4 by tuning in to 1500m on long wave

(used as adj)de onda larga

long[lɒŋ]

intransitive verb

to long for sthanhelar algo;desear algo;to long for sbsuspirar por algn;añorar a algn;to long to do sthtener muchas ganas de hacer algo;estar deseando hacer algo;to long for sb to do sthdesear que algn haga algo

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